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Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY TURNER, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO THE WALKER 8t PRATT MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,574, dated April 14, 1885.

App lieation filed November 24, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY TURNER, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Stoves, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention is embodied in a stove containing a grate, and provided with doors which may cover the front of the stove,inclosing the said grate, or may be swung around at the sides of the stove-body toleave the grate open.

The invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with the stove body and front, having an opening or space between them, of the doors and hangers having a pivotal or hinged connection, each at one end with the stove-body, and at their other ends with the doors, whereby the doors are guided and supported in their movement through the opening between the sides and front of the stove, all substantially as will be described.

Figure l is a front elevation of a stove embodying this invention; Fig. 2 a side or end elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 a partial horizontal section on line :0 ac, Fig. 1.

The stove-bodya,having an ornamental front, I), and containing agrate or fire-pot, c, for an open fire, may be of usual construction. The said stove body is provided with doors d, which may be moved to the front of the stove to close the opening therein, as shown at the left of Figs. 1 and 3, or which may be thrown around at the sides of the stove-bodyto leave the stove open, as shown at the right of Figs. 1 and 3, to expose the fire. The doors are supported and guided in their movements by the door-hangers f, pivoted or hinged each at one end to an ear or cars upon the sides of the stovebody, and at their other ends to the outer edges of the doors (1, so that the pivoted outer edges of thesaid doors swing in an arc of a circle of which the hangers f are the radii, while the doors slide through the openings e, between the front piece, I), and sides of the stove-body, as best shown in Fig. 3, where one of the doors is shown as closed and the other as being opened, the dotted lines at the right showing the door as fully open.

By the employment of the hangers pivoted to the stove-body and to the doors the latter may be easily moved from their closed position in front of to their open position at the side of the stove, where they will be concealed by the stove-front b, and will not detract from the appearance of the stove, as they would if hinged upon the said front and opening outward over the same. The inner edges of the doors when opened fall close into the space 6, between the front edge of the side of the stovebody and the rear side of the front 12, and in such position the doors are guarded and protected from blows or from such strain as would tend to break them or their hangers.

Affording a guidingspace, e, for the doors from top to bottom is much more efficient and durable than to run the bottom or lower edge of the door in a groove or channel, and the movement of the door is easier,and cannot be obstructed by the accumulation of dirt or ashes in the groove as when sliding doors are used.

I claim- The combination, with the stove body and front, having an opening or space between them, of the doors and hangers having a pivotal or hinged connection, each at one end with the stove-body, and at their other ends with the doors, whereby the doors are guided and supported in their movement through the opening between the sides and front of the stove, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY TURNER.

Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, W. H. SIGSTON. 

